Tropical Shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) [XC614595]
by Dominik Maximili\u00e1n Ram\u00edk from Imapul, Vanuatu (call)
Tropical Shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) [XC836640]
by Dominik Maximili\u00e1n Ram\u00edk from Saint Joseph, Canton de Saint-Joseph, Saint-Pierre, France (nocturnal flight call)
Subspecies
Currently under review by BirdLife International.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri).
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
bailloni (Bonaparte, 1857) - Breeds on Mascarene Islands (south-western Indian Ocean); ranges throughout the south-western Indian Ocean to the north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri).
nicolae Jouanin, 1971 - Islands of the north-western Indian Ocean.
colstoni Shirihai & Christie, 1996 - Aldabra I.
dichrous Finsch & Hartlaub, 1867 - Breeds throughout central Polynesia and possibly Melanesia (Pacific) and the north-western Indian Ocean up to the Arabian Sea; ranges throughout the western Indian Ocean around the Equator, and in the central Pacific from the equatorial region to the Tropic of Capricorn. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri).
gunax Mathews, 1930 - Breeds on Banks Islands of Vanuatu (south-western Pacific); ranges throughout the south-western Pacific between the equatorial region and the Tropic of Capricorn. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri).
bannermani Mathews & Iredale, 1915 - Central. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Bannerman's Shearwater (Puffinus bannermani).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet